This view of Holden, Massachusetts, engraved at Lahainaluna Seminary by George Luther Kapeau, provided a view from the Hawaiian islands looking out towards far away Massachusetts. Sometime around 1838, U.S. Protestant missionary Edward Bailey sketched his hometown from memory. He depicted the town center of Holden, Massachusetts, showing from left: the Baptist Church, the Trowel Club building, a horse barn, and the Congregational Church. The scene was then engraved in copper by the Native Hawaiian student Kapeau, who was approximately 27 years old when the engraving was completed. The tentative date is supplied from one of the copies at AAS which has an added note: "This was engraved on copper by an Hawaiian about 1838."
After completing his schooling, Kapeau went on to hold important political positions in the Hawaiian Kingdom but was still remembered for his engraving work. In 1846 a visitor to the islands described Kapeau as follows: "He is a man of prepossessing appearance apparently about 35, & converses in English with a good degree of fluency. While at Lahainaluna where he spent 4 years he was distinguished for his skill in engraving, & some of the maps & pictures published at that place were executed by him."